Tesla’s Surging 2013: Up 410%

There are companies out there that have had a better year than Tesla Motors, but none of them are worth more than $10 billion. In that club, Tesla is by far the world’s best performer this year, up 410% (the next best in the >$10 billion crowd is Netflix, up 286%).

As MoneyBeat’s Steven Russolillo reported in early August, Tesla’s surging stock has started to demoralize the short sellers that have long been betting against the company, looking to reap a reward when the stock begins to fall. Plenty of them have since given up.